Back in May, we wrote about the struggles of the National Museum of Hip-Hop, an effort to pay tribute to the most important outgrowth of urban culture that remains, unfortunately, just an idea rather than a physical space. This weekend, the New York Times followed up with a lengthy report abo... Read more
This coming Thursday marks the beginning of New York's fall Fashion Week, the couture industy's most important event. And as the New York Times reported this weekend, this year's extravaganza will be significant for another reason as well: the increasing prevalance of prominent Asian-... Read more
Martin Luther King was probably not thinking specifically of urban small businesses when he observed that "All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance, and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence." And none of America's most iconic labor leaders — Cesar... Read more
Hey, check out today's posts: lack of business financing, celebrity disgruntled-employee lawsuits and now a list of the most common entrepreneurial mistakes. Now that's the kind of cheery optimism with which we like to send you into a long holiday weekend! (On the other hand, we also tipp... Read more
One peril of becoming successful — especially if you're really successful and get famous to boot — is that everyone wants a piece. Make some cash, and next thing you know you've suddenly got 350 more needy cousins than you previously thought you had. This goes double for your employees. If someone has a legitimate claim to having helped you build your business into a pro... Continue reading this.
Whatever the condition of the overall economy — and recent indicators are far from ideal — the U.S. jobs machine will never get back into gear without a boost in small-business lending. As we reiterated yesterday in TheCASHFLOW Weekly (click here to sign up to receive it via e-mail every Thursday), small businesses have been responsible for almost all U.S. job growth in recent years... Continue reading this.
How's this for a product recommendation? "I’ve pounded my head against the fine print, grilled the product managers and researched the heck out of this, and I simply cannot find the catch," writes David Pogue, the tech guru for the New York Times. What's got him all hot and bothered? The new "MiFi" service from Virgin Mobile — a $40-a-month unlimited-data... Continue reading this.
